On March 17, a judge convicted 16-year-old Ma’lik Richmond
and 17-year-old Trent Mays of raping a 16-year-old girl while she was
intoxicated. Mays was also convicted of distributing photographs of the victim
while she was naked.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the indictments of four people on Monday. Steubenville Schools Superintendent Mike McVey is charged with obstructing official business, obstruction of justice and falsification; Matthew Bellardine, Steubenville High School's volunteer assistant football coach, is charged with allowing underage drinking, obstructing official business and making false statements; Seth Fluharty, a wrestling coach and teacher at Steubenville High School, is charged with failure to report child abuse; Lynette Gorman, the principal of Pugliese Elementary, is also charged with failure to report child abuse.

During the teens’ trial, testimony indicated that Steubenville
High School’s football coach, Reno Saccoccia, may have known about the rape
allegations before police were alerted.

“What happened here is not unique to Steubenville,” said
DeWine. “This started out being about the kids. It is also just as
much about the parents, the grown-ups, the adults. How do you hold kids
accountable if you don’t hold adults responsible?”